Virtual Store, Virtual Money, Real Book, Real Delivery to a Real Person (unfortunately)

Just received the delivery of my first in-world purchase: Julian Dibbell’s book on living off virtual money Play Money. I bought it and the virtual version at the virtual store with virtual money (Lindens) in the virtual world of Second Life. This is a bundled product where for 1 purchase I get the virtual and real … Read moreVirtual Store, Virtual Money, Real Book, Real Delivery to a Real Person (unfortunately)

TASSIE LAMP Call for Works/Teams

  APPLY NOW TO EVOLVE YOUR MEDIA OCTOBER 06 – THE 5th LIVE-IN-LAMP – TASMANIA Discover emerging media opportunities and create compelling next generation media at the next Laboratory for Advanced Media Production residential, proudly supported by Screen Tasmania through the Department of Economic Development. LAMP is designed to future-proof projects by guiding creative teams … Read moreTASSIE LAMP Call for Works/Teams

International Digital Cinema Blog & Event

Great news from Jeremy Nathan of DV8 films about digital cinema. Digitmart a Montréal-based non-profit organization established in April 2005 by founding Chair Daniel Langlois. Digimart operates an annual digital cinema market that provides business and networking opportunities for the global film industry. Digimart is an innovative forum for the dissemination of film and the promotion of … Read moreInternational Digital Cinema Blog & Event

Cross Media Tutor at sagasnet

Frank Alsema, a cross-media producer and lecturer, is co-running with Frank Boyd an upcoming sagasnet workshop: Master Class for Independent Producers of Interactive Entertainment to be held in Munich, September 1 – September 7. Guest Speakers include: Stefan Baier, Streamline Studios, NL; Ingeborg Degener , MEDIA Antenn Munich, D; Steve Fitton, Wise Monkey Ltd, UK; Dieter Marchsreiter, Marchsreiter Communications GmbH, D; Heikki Masalin, CIM, Fin; Vincent Scheuer, Sarassin LLP, UK. Although the workshop focuses on production management, not creative design, I’d find it interesting as Alsema is a cross-media producer! Here is the blurb about it and a temporary schedule:

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Geez, Veronica Mars and Samuel L Jackson Keep Calling Me

ARGs have had characters calling ‘players’ (people?) for some years now. In the last couple of years we’ve seen this technique being used by film and TV producers. Rather than provide unique narrative content, however, they have a more economic function: motivating you to watch the TV show or film. Well, September last year I … Read moreGeez, Veronica Mars and Samuel L Jackson Keep Calling Me

Cross Media Week Finally Has Cross Media!

I’ve grumbled before about how I was so disappointed to discover there was very little cross-media entertainment being represented in the programme for an event call Cross Media Week. Well, they’ve now got cross media in, and in a big way. Picnic ’06 (their preferred name now) has included the Alternate Reality Gaming Network as a ‘Network … Read moreCross Media Week Finally Has Cross Media!